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Chapter Two
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"H…Here's your lunch, Sir…" Roxas handed over a fast food bag to Xigbar per his lunch request.
Xigbar snatched it away and checked the bag, "Wow, you actually got it right. All right, everyone! Break for lunch!"
Roxas looked around for a minute before some random guy came up to him, "There's a cafeteria down the hall with some pretty decent food. You have an hour."
"Th…thanks…" he mumbled, following the crowd of people heading there.
He grabbed a sandwich and a Coke from the fridge and paid for it, then took a seat at the table in the far corner, immediately pulling out his phone and his earbuds. It was time to tune out, and he always did that with his favorite band ever, Feigning Destiny. They were a heavy metal band, and he just could not get enough of their music.
Out of the corner of his eye, Roxas caught sight of the tall redheaded pornstar yet again, only this time he was wearing clothing—and he looked really hot. He was wearing a black dress shirt with the sleeves rolled up and the top four buttons undone, black skinny jeans, and red Converse that matched his hair. He had some kind of charm hanging around his neck, which Roxas thought was kind of cool, though he couldn't make out what it was.
Catching himself blatantly staring at Axel, he shook his head a little and turned his attention to his phone, turning up the volume even more and drowning out the roar of the busy cafeteria.
"Whatcha listening to?"
Roxas jumped halfway out of his skin as one of his earbuds was pulled out and replaced with a husky voice in his ear, "Shit… hi Axel."
Before he had a chance to say anything else, the redhead had slipped into the seat beside him and put the stolen earbud in his own ear. "Whoa… heavy metal? Really?"
"They're called Feigning Destiny, and they're my favorite band…" Roxas mumbled, turning the volume down a little so he could hear him. Why was this guy sitting with him? Didn't he have better things to do?
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Axel's heart was pounding in his chest hard as he sat down next to Roxas. This kid surprised him more and more each moment. He certainly didn't look like the type to enjoy this type of music, but… it somehow made the little blond even more attractive to him.
"Hey, so… what's that charm you wear?"
It was his turn to jump a little as the kid suddenly spoke up. "Oh… it's called a chakram. At least… that's what my parents told me when they gave it to me. I never really got the full story before they passed, but I've just always worn it anyways."
Roxas nodded a little, "So you lost your parents too? I know how that is… like falling into a hole you know you'll never climb out of."
"Yeah…" Axel agreed, wishing that the kid hadn't had to go through that.
"How old were you?"
He shrugged, "Thirteen…"
"I was seven…" the blond mumbled.
"Roxas! I need you!" Xigbar's voice suddenly cut through their moment, making Axel sneer a little. He wanted to talk with him more… fucking Xigbar always had to ruin everything.
And then Axel was alone. He was so fucking tired of being alone.
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"All right, so this scene is pretty simple. Xion, you're cheating on your husband with Demyx here… Axel, you come home and find them in bed together and then …join in. Review your scripts a little and we'll start filming."
Roxas sat in the corner, merely observing until Xigbar needed him again. This was a very strange first day of work… he really couldn't figure out how he had gotten roped into this.
Once they'd started filming, Roxas was completely zoned out. He couldn't watch this shit, and he definitely didn't want to listen to it.
"XIGBAR!" the door to the studio suddenly flew open and the entire crew stopped what they were doing and turned to see who it was. …Was this just a normal thing that happened here?
Roxas looked up to see a white-haired man quickly advancing on the director, looking ready to murder somebody. "Kane, you piece of fucking shit! I know you're sleeping with my wife!"
"Riku!" Xion exclaimed, shoving Demyx off of her and running over to them with a sheet wrapped around her. From what Roxas could piece together, this random guy must have been Xion's husband.
"Oi… back off, kid, before I teach you to respect your elders," Xigbar brushed him off like it was nothing, not even moving from his director's chair.
Riku literally growled and tore Xigbar out of his chair, immediately decking him straight across the face—and hard. A collective gasp sounded from the crew as Xion shrieked, "Xiggy! Riku, what the fuck are you doing?!"
"How long have you been cheating on me, you bitch?! Don't even try to deny it, Sora saw you two together!"
Roxas felt like his brain was going to explode… So it was okay for her to sleep with other men on camera… but not in real life? He could never be in a relationship like that… knowing that his partner was literally fucking other people every day. …And getting paid for it.
He had spaced out again and hardly noticed when Xigbar peeled himself off the floor and lunged at Riku, starting an all-out brawl in the middle of the room. So he also hadn't noticed as they got closer and closer to where he was sitting. Riku was practically on top of him when he reared back his arm to punch Xigbar again, effectively elbowing Roxas right in the face.
Roxas tumbled out of his seat, yelping in surprise as he suddenly felt a bit of blood trickling down his face. …Had that really just happened?
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Axel was normally one to stay out of fights like these, but the moment he saw Roxas get elbowed in the face he was sprinting over (rather shirtless) and kneeling next to the kid, "Damn, Roxas… he caught you in the eye pretty good… Can you stand up?"
Roxas just grunted and swatted Axel away, pulling himself to his feet, "I'm fine…"
"Let me look at that… I used to work as a paramedic back in college," Axel pressed, reaching towards the blond.
"I said I'm fine!" he snapped, backing up a few steps. He grabbed a wad of napkins from the craft services table and started to blot at the blood.
But Axel couldn't just let the poor kid bleed everywhere, "Damn it, Roxas, let me just look at it!"
"Fuck off," Roxas grit out, turning on his heels and storming out of the room.
Axel stood there for a long moment, trying to figure out why the kid wouldn't just let him help. And then his confusion turned to anger when he remembered that the two morons fighting behind him were the reason that poor Roxas was hurt.
"That's fucking ENOUGH!" he bellowed, grabbing Riku by the back of his shirt and throwing him in one direction while shoving Xigbar in the other. "Either take this shit somewhere else or give it the fuck up! Did you morons even know that you hurt the new intern?! Or is he just invisible to you assholes?!"
Both men stopped dead in their tracks and stared at Axel, dumbfounded.
"Break this shit up or so help me, I will personally murder you both," he growled, his eyes then resting on a sobbing Xion, "And you… if you're going to fuck your boss, please for the love of God do it more discreetly next time and keep this shit out of the studio! Now stop sniveling and get dressed! I'm done with this shit today!"
With that, Axel walked right out the door. It wasn't the first time he'd walked out on a shoot, and it wouldn't be the last. He couldn't handle bullshit like this… Xion had been fucking around with Xigbar since she was hired, and Riku had made many the appearance on set. Axel couldn't figure out why the receptionist kept letting him in, but he had a feeling that Larxene just loved the chaos.
He made his way back to his dressing room, putting his shirt back on and grabbing his keys and phone. As he burst back out, still in a fit of anger, he ran directly into some asshole in the hallway. "Watch where you're going, fuckhole!"
"Gee thanks…"
"Roxas!" Axel wanted to shoot himself when he realized that he'd just plowed right into the small blond. "I'm so sorry… Are you okay?"
Roxas just rolled his eyes, "This day keeps getting better and better…"
"Roxas, I'm sorry… I didn't know it was you…"
The kid just sighed and brushed past him, "Whatever…"
Axel groaned and face-palmed, completely embarrassed and confused by whatever the hell just happened here. He needed to get home before he completely lost it.
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A/N: Omg, I was laughing so hard when I wrote Riku into this… And trust me, he'll be back.
So who else is wondering why Roxas totally shut Axel down at the end there? Perhaps we shall find out… in chapter three!
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Simply Rexene